News to me until a friend re-tweeted this photo but there was a suffragette who trained in jiu-jitsu. Wikipedia tells me that “Edith Margaret Garrud (1872–1971) was among the first female professional martial arts instructors in the Western world. She is remembered for having trained the Bodyguard unit of the Women’s Social and Political Union (WSPU) in jujutsuself-defence techniques.“
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How awesome! What a great revelation.
Very cool piece of feminist history!